Genesis - Seconds Out question

I'm familiar with the early Genesis material, yet I never owned, and don't recall hearing, the live album Seconds Out . If you can believe this, I actually heard the live version of Carpet Crawlers on the radio the other day (107.1 in NY area - "The Peak") and I was blown away! It's a terrific version, and it took me a little while to realize that Phil Collins was singing the lead that Peter Gabriel recorded on the studio version. How is the rest of this live album? How is the sound quality?

I'm familiar with the early Genesis material, yet I never owned, and don't recall hearing, the live album Seconds Out . If you can believe this, I actually heard the live version of Carpet Crawlers on the radio the other day (107.1 in NY area - "The Peak") and I was blown away! It's a terrific version, and it took me a little while to realize that Phil Collins was singing the lead that Peter Gabriel recorded on the studio version. How is the rest of this live album? How is the sound quality?

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As you, I'm a big fan of early Genesis (particularly the PG era). The last Genesis album I own is And Then There Were Three. I prefer Genesis Live, but I would recommend Seconds Out as well. There are some good versions of early songs, and Phil does a pretty good job on the PG songs. The sound quality is good.

I hold a dissenting opinion. Phil does an admirable job as a vocalist, but completely lacks the personality of Gabriel that made these pieces come alive. PG inflected them with humor and character, and Collins taking over lost that important dimension.

Looks like I'll be adding this one to my "keep my eyes open for" list! I don't have any digital Genesis, and I'm sitting on the fence about getting anything now since the potential SACD version of Lamb Lies Down On Broadway may pave the way for others.

I hold a dissenting opinion. Phil does an admirable job as a vocalist, but completely lacks the personality of Gabriel that made these pieces come alive. PG inflected them with humor and character, and Collins taking over lost that important dimension.

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I agree that Phil is no PG, and therefore I would put this album below Genesis Live, but the rest of the band is great and Phil does a good job filling in.

I think Phil is tremendous in filling Peter's shoes on these Gabriel era tracks. The band is incredible and his abilities to keep the essence of these Gabriel songs and make them partly his own is nothing short of miraculous.

Realize he was "new" to fronting this band, and what a person he had to replace, he gets an A+ for effort and an A for execution...imo...highly recommened by this Genesis fan who's got each and every title on vinyl and cd...I turn to this one all the time as a great sampling of their best years.

Has anyone heard the Platinum Collection 3 CD comp? I'm thinking of getting that. I don't listen to the albums anymore and the track list looks OK (except that it's missing half of Foxtrot, the only Genesis album I can listen to throughout anymore) and they're backwards for some reason...

I'm familiar with the early Genesis material, yet I never owned, and don't recall hearing, the live album Seconds Out . If you can believe this, I actually heard the live version of Carpet Crawlers on the radio the other day (107.1 in NY area - "The Peak") and I was blown away! It's a terrific version, and it took me a little while to realize that Phil Collins was singing the lead that Peter Gabriel recorded on the studio version. How is the rest of this live album? How is the sound quality?

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I have the album, IMO it's one of the best albums that I have listened in my life . I have of not remastered version, (maybe, I bought in 1988; I don't remember well). ALL the songs are excellent interpretations. You will obtain a sensation of magic when listening it, and you will perceive immediately that this album is special, believe me.

say, what ever happened to the concert film of the '77 tour? I went to see it here when it opened, and it's never shown up on video since (I think there was a Japanese laserdisc, but I could never locate a copy. was it a unauthorized pirate edition, maybe?)

is this ever gonna be released on DVD?

(I honestly don't remember too much about it, except that I was VERY annoyed that they only showed about half of 'Supper's Ready.')

This album introduced me to the band in the late 70's, and totally blew me away. What amazed me was that they could reproduce this same sound when I saw them live in '78, and that the album wasn't the result of studio trickery.

One of the best live albums ever. The close of Dance On A Volcano/Los Endos is worth the cost alone.

Seconds Out is quite a nice live album in it's own right. Like a few others have said, just a tiny notch below Genesis Live. SO is waaaaaaay better than Three Sides Live by any means, IMO. Phil does a credible and quite nice job with the Gabriel material. I sort of have a love/hate thing with the scatting during certain tracks (a la I Know What I Like).

My only small quibbles are that the full intros to Firth of Fifth and Carpet Crawlers have been chopped . For the curious, the Firth "piano" intro and the CC "There is lambswool under my naked feet..." section.

Phil does a fantastic Supper's Ready, agreed. Seconds Out also has the definitive version of Afterglow. It's sung with an incredible passion not even heard in the version on Wind and Wuthering.

The balance of material is great, as well. A prime cut selection of PG tracks and W&W/TotT tracks. The Musical Box closing suite even comes out quite nicely!

Snatch a copy up and enjoy! Great album, but be warned. You'll be craving a lot more Genesis .